Knowledge Areas

THE KNOWLEDGE CIRCLE

The Knowledge Circle features the eight Traditional Knowledge Areas that are essential elements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education. Each Teaching With Aunty lesson is grouped under one of these knowledge areas to help target your teaching and learning in the selected topic and subject area. The icons for each Knowledge Area appear at the top of the Teaching Notes for each Teaching With Aunty.

KNOWLEDGE AREA

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TOPICS COVERED

DREAMING

This knowledge area covers topics such as the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander belief that the Dreaming and creation time began at the dawn of time, remains bound up in the present and will endure forever.

Where the Aboriginal creation stories and Torres Strait Islander legends came from

The main characters and spiritual beings from the creation period of ancient Australians

The cultural meanings in creation stories and legends

How Aboriginal people explained the many unique features of native Australian animals

How Aboriginal people named the thousands of sacred places across Australia